Thursday, January 13, 2005

Pop Quiz

You have left the lights of your car on. The battery is flat (as well it might be, this car being an MG Rover, built by monkeys in Birmingham. Those of you thinking of buying a BMW Mini, consider this; the same monkeys build those near Oxford with the same legendary quality and attention to detail. Not.)

What do you do?

You bump start it. You push, and get a friend to dump the clutch once the car is up to speed.

Which friend do you choose? Out of everyone, do you choose the one guy who hasn't driven a car in 5 months and has whinged piteously about being banned from driving due to a dinged back and a right leg that no longer works properly?

Of course you do.

So don't complain when, after you've pushed the car to the necessary velocity, this individual dumps the clutch as instructed but then accidentally hits the gas instead of the brake and puts your car into the bushes, leaving you face down on the tarmac.

Stuff happens ok?

Oh, and I'm very, very sorry.